Property briefs: CBRE; Harrison Pitt Architects; Merepark Homes & more

CBRE in Manchester has been instructed to manage Greenbank Business Park, near Wigan, by wholesale electricals specialist G2S Matchstick Men.

Greenbank is a 294,620sq ft property comprising four large industrial units and about 14,000sq ft of office accommodation at West Moor Park in Hindley Green.

Katherine Noden, a surveyor with CBRE’s asset services team, said: “We are delighted to be appointed by Matchstick Men to manage the extensive Greenbank Business Park situated in a prominent location near to Wigan town centre.”

Meanwhile, CBRE has leased a 3,520sq ft first floor suite within Building 2000 at Vortex Court in Liverpool.

The space has been let by the company’s Liverpool-based office agency team to Hudson Clark on a fiv- year deal. The agreement leaves just one remaining suite vacant located on the ground floor of the property.

Vortex Court comprises three contemporary office buildings on Enterprise Way within Wavertree Technology Park.

The vacant 9,200sq ft ground floor suite within building 2000 benefits from an existing fit-out offering high quality open plan and meeting space and can be split to offer suites from 3,500sq ft.

Andrew Byrne, senior surveyor at CBRE in Liverpool, said; “We anticipate high interest in the remaining suite from businesses looking for high quality open plan office accommodation with good transport links and amenities within a popular business park in Liverpool.”

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LANCASTER-based Harrison Pitt Architects has helped secure planning permission for a new five-star standard caravan park to be built at the foot of Snowdon in North Wales.
 
The practice has been chosen by Morris Leisure, the touring caravan and luxury holiday home park operator, to design the facility near Llanberis in Snowdonia National Park.
 
The site will have capacity for 54 touring caravans and associated developments, including reception, toilet and amenity blocks, warden compounds, internal roads, footpaths and landscaping.
 
Work is due to start on site in April 2015 and the project is targeting a completion date of Easter 2016.
 
Richard Wooldridge, architect at Harrison Pitt Architects, said: “Through our longstanding work with the Caravan Club we’ve developed specific expertise in the caravan and holiday parks sector.

“This is the fifth project we’ve worked on with Morris Leisure and we’re pleased to be involved in such a prestigious scheme in one of the most scenic areas of the UK, and on a site with such a colourful history.”

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A DEVELOPER of quality homes in some of the most desirable areas of the North West is relocating to the Cheshire town of Altrincham

Merepark Homes has taken the self-contained two storey building providing 1,974sq ft of office accommodation with six car parking spaces on a five year lease at The Cube, on Tipping Street.
 
The property, which was the local toy shop many years ago, has been completely refurbished to provide an efficient and contemporary working environment.

Richard Peel, managing director of Merepark Homes, said: “The new offices are ideal for our requirements not only in regard to their style but its location close to Hale village and Altrincham”.

Daniel Lee, director of Regional Property Solutions who let the property on behalf of a private landlord, said: “We received lots of enquiries for this property, which resulted in a quick letting, reflecting the continuing popularity of this area”.

Merepark Homes is moving from Market Court, Altrincham.

Regional Property Solutions acted for the private landlord.  The tenant was unrepresented.

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ST Vincent’s Housing Association has appointed affordable housing developer Lovell to build a £2.6m development of high-quality affordable apartments for older residents in Lancashire.

The new two-storey apartment block on land off Elker Lane in Billington, near Whalley  will create 19 modern, self-contained two-bedroom homes, for shared ownership or affordable rent, for residents aged 55 and over.

The development has been designed by Manchester-based architectural practice Jennings Design Associates incorporating the 10 ‘HAPPI’ (Housing our Ageing Population: Panel for Innovation) design principles.

Construction work is starting later this month on the development which is due for completion in spring 2016. Working in partnership with Ribble Valley Borough Council, funding is being provided by the Department of Health, the Homes and Communities Agency and St Vincent’s Housing Association.

Rachel O’Connor, St Vincent’s development manager said:  “Billington is a lovely area and will provide the backdrop to a stunning development of apartments for both affordable rent and shared ownership for those wanting a high-quality, easily managed home. This is a great opportunity for St Vincent’s to provide a first-class development for local people.”

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THE Palatine pub in Hadfield, Derbyshire, has reopened its doors following a joint investment from Robinsons Brewery and long-time licensee Gill Morris.

The four week refurbishment marked the first time in more than 150 years that the pub had been closed for an extended period.

Robinsons’ award-winning design team quickly got to work with a plan to incorporate the pub’s rich heritage into a new bespoke design.

“The pub is rich in history,” said Morris. “It’s the oldest pub in the village and has been used as a community hub for centuries. Back in the day, ‘The Pal’, as our locals call it, was the place where the postman dropped off most of Hadfield’s mail so it’s always been very central to life in Hadfield.”

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ENGINEERING firm, Patrick Parsons has relocated its Chester office to larger premises in the city to accommodate growth.

The firm has relocated from Vicars Lane to larger offices close to St John’s Court, following the expansion of its team and an increase in the number of services it provides.
 
After more than three and a half years at its current offices providing structural, mechanical and electrical (M&E) engineering services since 2011, the Chester office will now also specialise in civil engineering and building consultancy.

In addition, Patrick Parsons – which has eight UK-based and two international offices – is in the process of appointing four new members to its team, including senior civil and structural engineers and a building surveyor.

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STOCKPORT-based Cosmos Holidays has launched a new division, Cosmos Travel, which has moved across town to a new location.

The new team has moved into 11-storey Regent House on Heaton Lane, while the holiday company stays at Dale House on London Road.

Regent House is one of Orbit Developments’ flagship properties among a portfolio of 12 in Stockport town centre.

 

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